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CFPC members , Dr. Richard Birtwhistle MD, CCFP, FCFP and Dr. Karim Keshavjee MD, CCFP provided the opening plenary presentations about the progress of the CPCSSN initiative at the 5th Annual Practice Based Research Network Conference hosted by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), June 24-26, 2009 in Bethesda, Maryland. The presentations shared details about the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network (CPCSSN) and preliminary results from this major, multi-practice based research network (PBRN) effort to monitor and understand chronic care management by primary care clinicians using EMRs in Canada. Click on Dr. Keshavjee’s to view his slides and click on Dr. Birtwhistle to view his slides.

Dr. Karim Keshavjee presents “Failure of Electronic Medical Records in Canada: A Failure of Policy or a Failure of Technology?” at the Information Technology and Communications in Health (ITCH) conference in Victoria, BC.